DT 7 / 2021

Finnfund claims to be carbon negative, Norfund has no climate tally

Nordic development finance institutions differ wildly in the reporting of the climate impacts of their investments. Finnfund, a major forestry investor, claims to be carbon negative, while fertilizer and...

Business October 08, 2021

New tool to measure carbon sinks

Forestry plantations are the largest piece in Finnfund’s carbon puzzle. When Finnfund first started putting...

Business October 08, 2021

Vaccine donations moving slowly. ‘Nordics should lead by example,’ Swedish WHO expert urges

Four Nordic governments have secured access to 160 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine and pledged to donate...

News October 01, 2021

Rethink financing of global public goods

As global challenges mount, politicians increasingly view development aid budgets as a source of easy...

Opinion Editorial October 11, 2021

Norad’s test balloon: separate funding for global public goods from aid

No donor spends more of its aid on global public goods – like climate, oceans and vaccine development...

News September 29, 2021

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Church groups call for ‘game-changing’ Food Summit

Four Nordic church groups and Christian Aid say small farmers should be the main focus of the UN Food...

Opinion September 23, 2021

Billions for vaccines and private sector tools to combat climate change

The Swedish government pledges to step up donations and procurement of COVID-19 vaccines in next year...

News September 20, 2021

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Indonesia’s sudden exit from 12-year climate deal: a ‘significant blow’ to Norwegian rainforest initiative

Citing Norway’s failure to fulfil its payment obligations, the Indonesian government announced last week...

News September 15, 2021

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IMF allocation of USD 650 billion in currency reserves unlikely to solve immediate covid funding crisis

Nordic governments have been issued USD 20 billion worth of Special Drawing Rights by the International...

News September 08, 2021

Farewell Tanzania. Denmark moves aid northward to stem migration from Africa

The Danish government seeks to restructure aid next year. Efforts to stem migration in the Sahel and...

News September 01, 2021

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